Key: Eb major
Verse 1
E
B
C#sus4
C#
Well in
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B
1941 a
E
C#
happy father had a son
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B
E
And by 1944 the father walked
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B
And in '45, the mom
E
C#
and son were still alive
D
D
But who could tell in '46 if the
C#sus4
C#
two were to survive
Verse 2
B
quickly
E
C#
But not fast enough for him
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B
So he closed his eyes through '55
E
C#
And then he opened them up again
E
C#
And the clown seemed very gay
D
C#sus4
C#
And he set that night to join that circus clown and run away
Interlude 1
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B
E
C#
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B
E
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D
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D
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D
C#
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B
E
G#
C#
Verse 3
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B
Well he fol lowed every railroad track
E
C#
And every highway sign
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B
And he had a girl in each new town
E
C#
And the towns he left behind
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B
And the open road
E
C#
Was the only road he knew
Verse 4
C#
F#
B
Then he met a girl, the kind of girl
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C#
He wanted all his life
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B
She was soft and kind and good to him
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C#
So he took her for his wife
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B
And they got a house not far from town
E
C#
And in a little while
Verse 5
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B
E
C#
Now in 1961, a happy father had a son
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B
And by 1964 the father
E
C#
walked right out the door
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B
And in '65 the mom
E
C#
and son were still around
C#
F#
B
E
C#
F#
B
E
When the circus comes to
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F#
B
E
C#
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B
E
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B
E
C#
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B
E
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town?
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B C#sus4 C# F#...
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